Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in St. Peters, Missouri

St. Peters homes and this kind of project

Because St. Peters is made up of ranches, split-foyers and two-stories from the 1970s to 1990s, the first thing we check for an accessibility remodel here is the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: 1970s to 1990s ranches, split-foyers and two-stories, with brick fronts and siding on the other three sides.

Two-stories of this era need a main-floor bedroom and full bath carved from a dining room or office.

What we find inside St. Peters homes

Split-foyer and older two-story plans have small, closed kitchens. Opening them to the living room is the most requested change and typically needs a beam. Bathrooms often have original cast iron tubs worth keeping and re-tiling around, or replacing with a shower.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in St. Peters homes of this period. Tile was often set over moisture-resistant drywall, which has since failed. Everything wet gets rebuilt from the studs.

What is included

We coordinate with occupational therapists and family members on St. Peters projects and position every bar, seat and control with the actual user standing or sitting there.

We take on accessibility remodel work across St. Peters, from Old Town St. Peters to Ohmes Farm and the Mid Rivers area.

What we watch for

Garage-to-house entries in St. Peters usually have two or three steps. A ramp inside the garage needs length, so we measure the rise before anyone counts on parking two cars afterward.

Working on mature, tree-shaded lots, as we do in St. Peters, we plan access for carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in St. Peters

In St. Peters, an accessibility remodel is reviewed by the City of St. Peters. What follows is inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Being inside the house, this project is unlikely to need sign-off from older subdivision indentures that are still in force, but we confirm any rules on containers and work hours.

Schedule and getting to you

On site, an accessibility remodel in St. Peters generally runs two to four weeks for a bathroom.

St. Peters is a little over twenty minutes east on I-70 from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in St. Peters

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in St. Peters from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Ramp length. Code slope is one inch of rise per foot of run, so a twenty-four-inch rise needs twenty-four feet of ramp.
• Whether a main-floor bedroom suite is a conversion or an addition.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main aging-in-place & accessible remodeling page. More about the area is on our St. Peters page.